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The Journal of General Physiology, Vol 64, 431-442, Copyright © 1974 by The Rockefeller University Press

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Potassium Flux and Leaf Movement in Samanea saman

II. Phytochrome Controlled Movement



R. L. Satter 1, G. T. Geballe 1, and A. W. Galston 1

1 From the Department of Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520

Phytochrome, a membrane-localized biliprotein whose conformation is shifted reversibly by brief red or far-red light treatments, interacts with the rhythmic oscillator to regulate leaflet movement and potassium flux in pulvinal motor cells of Samanea. Darkened pinnae exposed briefly to red light (high Pfr level) have less potassium in motor cells in the extensor region, more potassium in motor cells in the flexor region, and smaller angles than those exposed to far-red light (low Pfr level). Increase in temperature from 24° to 37° increases the differential effect of the light treatments during opening (the energetic phase) but not during closure, implying that phytochrome controls an energetic process. It seems likely that phytochrome interacts with rhythmically controlled potassium pumps in flexor and extensor cells. During nyctinastic closure of white-illuminated pinnae, exposure to far-red light before darkening results in larger angles than does exposure to red. As in rhythmic opening, the angles of all pinnae and the differential effect of the light treatments increases with increasing temperature.

Submitted on February 4, 1974


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